Resolved Recovering data from wiped HDD

I connected a 2nd internal HDD to the same ribbon cable as my master, to try out the 2nd drive. It worked, so I disconnected it, and now upon booting I am getting a black screen with the message "Press F11 to start recovery, missing OS" Nothing happens when I press F11. Here is where I messed up, I later discovered that the 2nd drive was also set as master. I tried resetting the BIOS, but that didn't work. Bios is detecting the HDD, but not the OS. Both cables are seated tight. Is there a way to recover my data/files from the crashed HDD or are they all gone forever?

 

Welcome to the board. I have use Active@ File Recovery http://www.file-recovery.net/ I used some of the free ones but this one worked best for me. They have a free trial you can download to see what it will recover. You will need to buy it to recover files larger than 64KB.

 

Thanks guys! I have recovered most of my pics using Disk Digger. Now I am ready to put a clean install of xp on that hdd that lost the os. Can you guys help me with that?

Jeff

 

Thanks again Pete!